Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-25
HALIFAX,
.,x7,SUxD WARM WORK IN THR
W." DEMOCRATIC CANVASS.
,...ssr Big Meeting At South Boston
cs,onsl william H. bylett Addresses
the People.
,,,-espoidcucc Of the Richmond Dispatch,


M the People
Al ..r.,, dcncc o. the Richmond Dispatch
IA e,,-ru BosroN, Va. Oct y. 1887.
~ srofhcr good meeting was held here
- ,4rioht. Colonel William II. Aylett
81 .,,,d on the morning train and spent
- a. 1ay visiting the warehouses and
#Z I,.oc hands with his numerous com
"a ~.,, ln arms OF the old Hfty-third
- yr,iria regiment. OF which h6 was
81 un.lt large crowd assembled in
81 T.r.Idsous warehouse 20 hear him
81 ...,.>s tic issues of the canvass Ma
81 I5mondsou hodmade extra prepare
;,>trL.s distinguished guest. a iarge
~ sr. having been built and decorated
~ Will flowers and cYcrereenS and lighted
"a lraitiy with lamps and Chinese Ian
I'll ,- MAJOR EdmousOn introduced
81 CluC Aylctt ln his usual happy man
r.r referring 20 him as one who had
- $40 up for Virginia and the South ot
I'll CrnsDuIg in the dark DAYS Of 1864
II srl .-an in 1887, when his voice had
l.l,d all over this land that the
I'll bloody shirt must be buried, and that
- \rriua and the South were in the
- It0l 90 stay.
COLONEL AYLErr
va. greeted with applause, which he
n prolonged 10y humorous allusion to
Major EdmondsonS visit to the barber
Apiu tie attempt to get up hand
SOFA. lpcarance FOR the occasion. The
sleskoi, IN opening, asked permission
U trt audience 10 indulge in a little
sentiment. He said that many near
ard dear ties hal always bound him to
Ha..aN In his boyhood days he was
Isolated at the university with John
fr.,.r.Df (fpcrUp Weet ouI PAM
G. Idmuuds and here he told an
lu>ng incident, in which he figured
81, Tie c0HFdunf, al Mr.. Edmuuds who
Dad at the time a terrible case of love
l.f 81 youug lady who did not how
ever respond very heartily to Mr..
llMuuGS'S ardOT. " But. continued
tlc speaker. there is another time
upon winch my memory loves to dwell,
aud yet it is SID recollection. II is
vtCn that grand old regiment Ohe
ii.tt third Virginia. formed its last
Elc 81 battle at Gettysburg. Well do
remember how Shcridan's men filled
SILL O'j barn and through its crevices
with Spencer miles poured death-deal-
ing fire upon Us. l saw that 1t must be
stopped that the barn must boz burned
and the troops driven from IT, For
tLi, work | chose beardlcss Young
,sltaln, who with a handful of men,
reformed that perlous work fearlessly
and successfully That mans name
was Captain Henry Edmunds. OF Hall
taz." Applause Colonel Aylettalso
rti,rrcd most feelIngly TO several mem
t,i, OF his old regiment, among them
"Jack Mlhngham long Johu Love,
aad short Tom Guiil, the latter possess
ing the ability and accomplishment to
Did 90 lorse-tv on the ear of the lead
uU IN a tour mule team and never
MISS.
having put his hearers in fine hu-
uor and established confidential " at
home" feeling between himself and his
audience, Colonel Aylett addressed
himself to the main duty dcyolvng
UpCu him. lie came representing that
grand old Democratic party whose
biItA was coeyal with the birth OF Ame-
ricau liberty. aud 10 which is due all
the glory and stability of our great
Government. Ain, what a party 1t is
Defeated and driven from nower 1t had
for quart of "A &C " been sup
planted ny the Republican party bat
SO grand, so uoyerdyiug IS principles,
ana such It's vitality, II had sprung
nOi- tine grave. as IL were. and III
lSs- in the person Of Grover
Cleveland. had once again gmsped the
reils of government in its pure anu
efficient hands. Dut the party Is con-
drouied now by the same Old enemy
i-tl Republican party What it will
lein tls future you must Judge 10y its
last Have Won forgotten those dark,
gul dqvs of 1863? Have YOU forgot
TEL low. when every home was clad in
ruumg and every eye was moist,
vi.. the wall of the widow and the
er o, the orphan went up TO Heaven
over this land. how the Republican
r..tr fastened upon Us the horrors OF
.4f D. v o. 4
t, name of Virginia and styled her
ry District No. ?
F.,. the evils OF carpet baggerism
.-- r- attendant scalawagism, were
-.y,d With mastery touch; the
fehto Of Virginia for freedom aud
I. ultimate success then again,
size slept, her defeat and Ma
rule OF corruption IN 1883; her
and triumph again under Fitz
Wen, il is the same fight over
Just at this point Colonel
Are took occasion 10 make some
.hcitous remark addressed to the
people, many OF whom were III
dicnce.
.CIt reviewed the Democratic
record in the service OF the
rood. abiding to the passage Of
ut measures such as the inter
commerce bill, the electoral
i'm. the silver bill, the bill re-
ae public lands from railroad
nons But. more than all,
couutrymen, the benefit Is
having a friendly face IN Wash
t. Cheers And where is Grover
.sud at this present moment? In
ru States that formerly bled I'M
Hepu ican rule be Is minghng
81. Or people and attestinS ms IN
.... iu aud his love aud devotion Tor
welfare. Cheers just think
CO.,. Not long ago he came to hlGn-
% qiye expression to hls Nrdly
.,l feelings for Virginia and
m people, and he actually
td Winnie Daviss hand amt
A Ftz Lees baby-and II wasn't
baby neither" loud laughter
It speaker next showed the great
l.rt taken IN public schools by
E. o. the Democratic countess as
etd by tine amount given per